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whirligig of time

whirligig of time proper noun: the course of events; the passage of time.

Proper noun

the whirligig of time

  1. The course of events; the passage of time.
    • Why ſome are borne great, ſome atchieue greatneſſe, and ſome haue greatneſſe throwne vpon them. I was one ſir, in this Enterlude, one ſir Topas ſir, but that’s all one: By the Lo[r]d Foole, I am not mad: but do you remember, Madam, why laugh you at ſuch a barren raſcall, and you ſmile not he’s...c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • In nothing has the whirligig of time so redressed the balance between the sexes as in this business of getting up in the morning. Woman, when not an adept of the Higher Beauty Culture, has now little to do beyond washing, stepping into a garment or two, and walking downstairs. Man, still slave to...1937, Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon

Examples of whirligig of time in a sentence

  • In nothing has the whirligig of time so redressed the balance between the sexes as in this business of getting up in the morning.1937, Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon:
  • The whirligig of time had brought in its revenges, and very swiftly too.2017, Theodore Dalrymple, The Knife Went In:

Questions about whirligig of time

What does whirligig of time mean?
Whirligig of time means the course of events; the passage of time.
How do you use whirligig of time in a sentence?
In nothing has the whirligig of time so redressed the balance between the sexes as in this business of getting up in the morning.
What part of speech is whirligig of time?
Whirligig of time is a proper noun.

Words near whirligig of time in the dictionary

  1. whirlies
  2. whirliest
  3. whirligig
  4. whirligig beetle
  5. whirligig beetles
  6. whirligig of time
  7. whirligigged
  8. whirligigging
  9. whirligigs
  10. whirlimagig
  11. whirlimagigs

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